M79, NGC 1904
noirlab_noao-m79 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
M79, an attractive globular cluster in the constellation Lepus, is rare, in that it is one of the few globulars further out in the Galaxy than our own Sun's location. This picture is from the KPNO 0.9-meter telescope.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m79/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m79
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M79, NGC 1904
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:53:14
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m79/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 81.08412918, -24.53906488
- Reference Dimension
- 816.0, 680.0
- Reference Pixel
- 158.0258827, 223.7030678
- Scale
- -0.000126, 0.000125
- Rotation
- -0.8236408192
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-m79
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m79.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:36.690508
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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